Rams GM Les Snead on draft experience: 'The sixth is my favorite'Alden Gonzalez
Los Angeles Rams general manager Les Snead has completed six drafts with the organization. The first five were conducted alongside Jeff Fisher, who was fired in the middle of December. The sixth was with Sean McVay, the 31-year-old rookie coach.
After it was over on Saturday night, Snead was asked how it went. "The sixth is my favorite -- concise, clear," Snead told reporters from the Rams facility. "It's a tribute to Sean. It really is."
The Rams' new coach, Sean McVay, "can come into a room and he can fire you up," according to his GM. Brian Spurlock/USA TODAY Sports
Snead has been nothing but diplomatic when asked about his relationship with Fisher. It was an arranged marriage, beginning at the start of the 2012 calendar year, and it soured toward the end. In early December, a story on MMQB.com cited unnamed sources calling the dynamic between the front office and coaching staff "Rams Junior High." The story ran two days after Fisher inexplicably said he was "unaware" Snead had signed an extension months earlier, and four days before the coach was let go.
The current dynamic sounds a lot more mature (though granted, this is the easy part).
McVay frequently credited Snead's preparation heading into the draft. He talked about all the late nights they spent together watching tape, about how he has learned from the way Snead evaluates players and about how they're "getting on the same page with how we want to see this team."
Read Complete Article
[
www.espn.com]
